ARTIST STATEMENT // GOACHE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE

From the depths of the Great Salt Lake, color, form, and memory

by Leslie Billhymer

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EXCERPT //

I have been working on a series of paintings inspired by the Great Salt Lake since 2014. Each evolves first from photography and sketching. I make refinements and develop the composition in a CAD program before scaling it up to paint in gouache and watercolor media. Of the time each takes, the bulk is spent developing the original composition, and each piece collects a long history of the photographs, sketches, and design work that contributes to it.

The paintings have always been inspired by life transitions, and I’ve worked to develop a sense of the energy belonging to these periods in this graphic language.

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